Source: Voice of America (Washington, DC)
Addis Ababa — The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, says Ethiopia has achieved one of the Millennium Development Goals of reducing child mortality by more than two-thirds.
Source: The New Vision
Mulago hospital has only two beds to deliver 80 expectant mothers daily, a shortage that has led to majority of them delivering on the floor, a hospital medical officer has revealed.
In 2010, amid much fanfare, Elena Kagan was nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Kagan would become the fourth-ever female justice, and for the first time in the nation’s history, three female justices would sit on the country’s highest court.
Source: The Hindu
Indian stands by Liberia in its efforts to pursue stability, economic growth and democratic governance, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
The 2013 Progress Report on Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed shows that major progress has been made in lowering child mortality in all regions of the world and at all levels of national income. Nonetheless, even bigger gains are needed if the world is to meet Millennium Development Goal 4 – reducing under-5 mortality by two thirds by 2015.
Source: CoastWeek
African women judges have decried the patriarchy system for denying women from being appointed as judges across the continent, urging African countries to work on the system especially when it comes to appointing judges in courts and other justice dispensing units.
Source: UN News Centre
Facilitating access to education for women and girls is vital to lift millions out of poverty and must be a priority for Governments and international organizations, the head of the United Nations entity tasked with advancing gender equality said today.
Failure for Sub-Saharan African countries to work towards achieving Millennium Development Goals on health will impact all other aspects of development including economic growth, Akatsa Bukachi, Director, Eastern Africa Sub-region Support Initiative for the Advancement of women (EASSI) has said.
Source: Alert Net
Maternal health is one of the most pressing issues in developing countries, with hundreds of millions of women struggling on a daily basis to get access to basic health care for themselves and their children.
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's appointments to the new Cabinet reflect a "worrying' deviation from the new Constitution which does not inspire confidence in some sections of society.
In a bid to fight against gender based violence, Kivulini Women's Rights a nongovernmental organisation based in Mwanza launched its two year strategic plan (2013-15) aimed at advocating for more women at decision making positions and the doing away of practices that oppress women and deny them their rights.
Many Egyptian women have welcomed the government’s decision earlier this year to form a special unit of female police officers to combat harassment and violence against women.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Tuesday said the ministry was ready to empower 100 women with disabilities from the six area councils of the FCT.
Source: The New Vision
Have you ever seen a woman in need of the very first pregnancy of her life? She is a desperate woman. She is the kind of woman you want to be very careful with, for she carries her emotions on the surface of her skin, and understandably so.
Source: Health-e (Cape Town)
When Lindeka arrived at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha she had already miscarried her baby but the horror of what happened next only added to her trauma.
As women continue to face sexual harassment on the streets, women’s rights advocates say they are trying to push forward legislations and mechanisms to safeguard women from violence and discrimination.
Women rights’ activists have been advised to work with cultural leaders and not blame culture for women’s oppression if they want to enhance the struggle for women empowerment and gender equality.
Women are increasingly challenging the traditional male monopoly of African politics. In Cameroon, campaigners have worked tirelessly to boost the chances of women standing in the country's pending elections.
Source: Perth Now:
A Sudanese woman says she is prepared to be flogged to defend the right to leave her hair uncovered in defiance of a "Taliban"-like law.
A male minister in Sri Lanka offers to marry the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe tells South African envoy Lindiwe Zulu that he loves her, after calling her a street woman.